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it's the old guard, vice president biden and senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. >> i thought it was a good meeting. >> the united states of america will not for the first time in our history default on its obligations. >> reporter: with just 27 hours to go, the biden/mcconnell framework evolves into a deal, which essentially postpones hard decisions until after the election. you really say in the book, nobody was in charge? >> in washington. >> reporter: and is that a failure of leadership? >> you know, some people are going to say he was fighting a brick wall, the republicans in the house and the republicans in congress. others will say, it's the president's job to figure out how to tear down that brick wall. in this case, he did not. >> is that the president's fault? >> well, my conclusion is, presidents clinton, president reagan, and if you look at them and criticize them for lots of things, they by and large worked there well. >> and he did not? >> on this president obama did not. >> but here in an election year there are going to be people who say you're delivering some amm
it's the old guard, vice president biden and senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. >> i thought it was a good meeting. >> the united states of america will not for the first time in our history default on its obligations. >> reporter: with just 27 hours to go, the biden/mcconnell framework evolves into a deal, which essentially postpones hard decisions until after the election. you really say in the book, nobody was in charge? >> in washington. >> reporter: and...
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you just heard from john boehner and senate minority leader mitch mcconnell has said they have cross add dangerous line. more and more democrats are taking on president obama. bart stew peculiar was a major player in the debate. he and his pro-life democrats insisted that no federal money be used to fund abortion. the president greed and they pushed the health care law over the top. where does he stand on the hhs contraception mandate. good evening, sir? >> good evening. >> greta: you don't get to vote on this because you have retired but what do you think about this latest dispute? >> i'm disappointed that the pllgs would put forth such a rule, a you are putting together and putting together major legislation there will be fumbles along the way. i hope we can get the matter resolved short of action by congress or president should sit down and work this thing out. we can do it. we can do it again. >> greta: at least tonight, the line seems to be drawn in the sand. i'm curious, they stumbled and fumble had. but is the morning-after pill in your mind contraception or is it some catholi
you just heard from john boehner and senate minority leader mitch mcconnell has said they have cross add dangerous line. more and more democrats are taking on president obama. bart stew peculiar was a major player in the debate. he and his pro-life democrats insisted that no federal money be used to fund abortion. the president greed and they pushed the health care law over the top. where does he stand on the hhs contraception mandate. good evening, sir? >> good evening. >> greta:...
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you've got mitch mcconnell whose only goal was to destroy the guy, and on the other side, you've got don knotts who is either crying or shaking in his boots who never does anything because he has a party of wild men and women behind him, the tea partiers. he doesn't want to have supper with them tonight. >> but you've got some squeamish democrats. people have soured on spending. he tried to brand this as an investment. republicans say this is spending. he doesn't want to be named as a carter. >> republicans talk about huge spending on defense or aerospace, they're always for it. what's the difference between building the national defense highway plan, waehat's the difference between building a structure in this country that is fast. >> there is some support for this. the numbers show that people generally wants this stuff. >> i think you have to believe in what you do, and if you believe in what you do, the public might buy it. >>> he tried to champion some good news in the economy -- i'm sorry. somebody put up the wrong prompter. someone tell me to reintroduce you, john walsh. try t
you've got mitch mcconnell whose only goal was to destroy the guy, and on the other side, you've got don knotts who is either crying or shaking in his boots who never does anything because he has a party of wild men and women behind him, the tea partiers. he doesn't want to have supper with them tonight. >> but you've got some squeamish democrats. people have soured on spending. he tried to brand this as an investment. republicans say this is spending. he doesn't want to be named as a...
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. >> yes, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell who would dearly like to be senate majority leader, and lot of it depends on the toch tickp of the ticket do. the ballot and the first is president, and that choice has a lot to do with who you pick down ballot, and mitch mcconnell definitely has a lot of skin in the game as they say. so, you know, we want to talk to him about how he thinks that mitt romney has been doing, and a rough week for the romney campaign, and robert gibbs, the senior adviser to the obama campaign and the economic numbers we got this week not so great and the question is, is there some sort of floor where the figures could go when it begins to hurt the president, because so far, he has been certainly able to keep this a tie if not keep an advantage in so some of the polls we are seeing. >> well, that is an interesting conversation and we are look forward to it. keep cool in washington. >> well, it is cool here. >> and thank you, candy for that, and of course, stay here for "state of the union" with candy crowley, and set your clocks at 9:00 a.m. eastern and 6:0
. >> yes, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell who would dearly like to be senate majority leader, and lot of it depends on the toch tickp of the ticket do. the ballot and the first is president, and that choice has a lot to do with who you pick down ballot, and mitch mcconnell definitely has a lot of skin in the game as they say. so, you know, we want to talk to him about how he thinks that mitt romney has been doing, and a rough week for the romney campaign, and robert gibbs, the...
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if you recall the sound bites you just showed, but mitch mcconnell wouldn't cop to that. and i think that's very revealing and i think the basic republican philosophy here is in not so many words, but the ideological thrust is going to be we don't agree with the fundamental idea of president obama's legislation, which is essentially to create the idea inand to afirm the idea that everybody in the country is entitled to health care they can afford that won't bankrupt their family that will allow them to live a decent live. that's the essence of the argument. the republicans will talk philosophy, and the democratics will talk specifics. >> polls show they're split whether they like the health care law, but the court ruling did change opinions on the debate. a new poll shows 56% of americans think opponents of the law should move on. 51% of independents also agree. are republicans aware of this perception? is this a real political gamble for them to bad mouth the health care law for the next four months? init is, and they're not quite aware of it. they were caught by surpris
if you recall the sound bites you just showed, but mitch mcconnell wouldn't cop to that. and i think that's very revealing and i think the basic republican philosophy here is in not so many words, but the ideological thrust is going to be we don't agree with the fundamental idea of president obama's legislation, which is essentially to create the idea inand to afirm the idea that everybody in the country is entitled to health care they can afford that won't bankrupt their family that will allow...
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but mitch mcconnell seems to think that's a possibility. as the republican leader in the senate, mitch mcconnell is most concerned with senate seats and that's what he's backstopping here when pitching to donors. but the pitch he's making to republican donors is amazing. he's pitching that republicans need to work hard and collect your hard-earned money to hold on to seats in the senate because the republicans will lose the house and incidentally saying that mitt romney will lose the race for the white house. it's like it goes without saying for these guys now. this is the guy more in charge of the republican message than anybody else in the country. and his pitch is mitt romney is going to lose. you need us so democrats don't control everything. everybody has been waiting to find out if mitt romney looks like such a losing prospect that republicans will be cut lose to essentially campaign on their own to campaign against them. but campaigning on the assumption that it mitt romney is going to lose? that's something new. and it's even weirde
but mitch mcconnell seems to think that's a possibility. as the republican leader in the senate, mitch mcconnell is most concerned with senate seats and that's what he's backstopping here when pitching to donors. but the pitch he's making to republican donors is amazing. he's pitching that republicans need to work hard and collect your hard-earned money to hold on to seats in the senate because the republicans will lose the house and incidentally saying that mitt romney will lose the race for...
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it's what mitch mcconnell sed it was to make president obama a one-term president. i'm joined by colorado state representative sal pace who was running against scott tipton. great to have you with us. appreciate your time. do you think congress and tipton's campaign manager slipped or was he just being honest? it's appalling his campaign wants to use this pain and suffering for personal political gain and advantage. this isn't the way it's supposed to work. scott tipton and his campaign should apologize for making light of people's pain and suffering for their own advantage. we've had folks to sign our petition on our website to ask for congress to focus on creating jobs instead of celebrating people's pain. >> has this guy done anything as a representative to make life better for folks in colorado? has he accomplished anything in this last term? >> this seems like more of the washington way of doing things. as you know washington is gridlocked. they're not working on trying to create jobs. our own district in pueblo, colorado we risk losing the largest wind manufac
it's what mitch mcconnell sed it was to make president obama a one-term president. i'm joined by colorado state representative sal pace who was running against scott tipton. great to have you with us. appreciate your time. do you think congress and tipton's campaign manager slipped or was he just being honest? it's appalling his campaign wants to use this pain and suffering for personal political gain and advantage. this isn't the way it's supposed to work. scott tipton and his campaign should...
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>> mitch mcconnell, top republican on the senate side, we'll get his view of how he thinks the romney campaign is going. and also, what does the senate plan to do between now and november? >> 9:00 a.m. eastern/noon eastern, "state of the union with candy crowley." thanks very much. >>> a horrible plunge from seven miles high, 228 lives lost over the atlantic. investigators largely blame pilot air for that air france crash. we're taking a closer look at whether it could happen again. >>> and survivors tell us about their desperate struggle on the night their cruise ship capsized off the italian coast. [ male announcer ] this is sheldon, whose long dy setting up the news starts with arthritis pain and a choice. take tylenol or take aleve, the #1 recommended pain reliever by orthopedic doctors. just two aleve can keep pain away all day. back to the news. just two aleve can keep pain away all day. thsave on sleep train's train's 4tmost popular mattress sets. plus, pay no interest for 36 months on tempur-pedic and icomfort. sleep train's 4th of july sale ends sunday. ♪ your ticket to a b
>> mitch mcconnell, top republican on the senate side, we'll get his view of how he thinks the romney campaign is going. and also, what does the senate plan to do between now and november? >> 9:00 a.m. eastern/noon eastern, "state of the union with candy crowley." thanks very much. >>> a horrible plunge from seven miles high, 228 lives lost over the atlantic. investigators largely blame pilot air for that air france crash. we're taking a closer look at whether it...
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a comment on camera is from the republican leader in the senate mitch mcconnell. >> i join my colleagues in strongly condemning the murder of these innocent americans. and i support employing every available tool at our disposal to ensure the safety of americans overseas and to hunt down those responsible for these attacks. >> reporter: so, members of congress certainly feel the responsibility to try to do what they can to get to the bottom of this and for senators, craig, there's a more personal responsible because they vote to confirm an ambassador like the one lost today. there is politics and heard from republican senators coming without a bit more strong language. jim demint of south carolina publicly said he sides with governor romney saying he has it right. also, the oklahoma republican jim inhofe and said he criticized the president and the administration's foreign policy saying there's a record of appeasement and apology. those are very strong words. also, from the house side, the armed services chairman and said that this is a sign that weakness can be provocative and beginning
a comment on camera is from the republican leader in the senate mitch mcconnell. >> i join my colleagues in strongly condemning the murder of these innocent americans. and i support employing every available tool at our disposal to ensure the safety of americans overseas and to hunt down those responsible for these attacks. >> reporter: so, members of congress certainly feel the responsibility to try to do what they can to get to the bottom of this and for senators, craig, there's a...
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mitch mcconnel, i know we have a graphic of that. i could read it directly off the set. we don't have the graphic unfortunately. okay. but basically it wasn't the most resounding yes i'm going work with president obama. robert, let me ask you, with the fact that mitch mcconnel is coming out holding nothing back, basically and the vice president said that maybe the fever would break. do we think that mitch still has a fever going forward? >> mitch has two issues going on. first he is running for re-election in 2014 in kentucky. what mitch does not want is a tea party challenge that happened with his friends. number two there could be a challenge from the right within the senate caucus. i hate to say this. if mitch mcconnel goes too far to the left what he is doing is he is making sure that his home fires keep burning and the process hopefully does not have a challenger on the far right. tonight is very, very historic for a lot of reasons and one would think that the minority leader would go in terms of rhetoric. >> thank you for saying that. but with all due respect, and
mitch mcconnel, i know we have a graphic of that. i could read it directly off the set. we don't have the graphic unfortunately. okay. but basically it wasn't the most resounding yes i'm going work with president obama. robert, let me ask you, with the fact that mitch mcconnel is coming out holding nothing back, basically and the vice president said that maybe the fever would break. do we think that mitch still has a fever going forward? >> mitch has two issues going on. first he is...
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now, you just heard mitt romney or maybe mitch mcconnell say this is our last chance. the supreme court option is exhausted. for those in the republican that are dedicated to getting rid of obama care only one way to do it and that is to go to the polls is in november and vote out all of the democrats. this one regard this is advantage republicans politically. >> chris: i can see that both ways, shannon. if the court had thrown out obama care and said the whole thing is constitutional then you have the constitutional law lecturer who spent a year on the country time on something that turned out to not be legal. on the other hand is this as charles is suggesting the conservative and tea party activists who have never been keen on that. >> if the thousands outside the court are any indication, many of continued to rally throughout the day clanging the bells and saying this is it, we are awake, you have awakened a sleeping giant. the tea party didn't go away but we are coming back stronger than ever. interesting to try step away from the tight inside the beltway politics
now, you just heard mitt romney or maybe mitch mcconnell say this is our last chance. the supreme court option is exhausted. for those in the republican that are dedicated to getting rid of obama care only one way to do it and that is to go to the polls is in november and vote out all of the democrats. this one regard this is advantage republicans politically. >> chris: i can see that both ways, shannon. if the court had thrown out obama care and said the whole thing is constitutional...
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mitch mcconnell after a quick break. place. place. ♪ you want to save money on car insurance? no problem. you want to save money on rv insurance? no problem. you want to save money on motorcycle insurance? no problem. you want to find a place to park all these things? fuggedaboud it. this is new york. hey little guy, wake up! aw, come off it mate! geico. saving people money on more than just car insurance. >> chris: we want to get the gop view of this week's big >> chris: we want the g.o.p. view of this week's big decision on obamacare, joining us from his home state of kentucky, senate republican leader mitch mcconnell and senator, welcome back. >> good morning. >> chris: you just heard white house chief of staff jack lew say the court has spoken and it is time to move on. are you persuaded? >> he's doing the best he can with a really tough situation. the president said it was not a tax. the premium court which has the final say, says it is a tax. the tax is going to be levied, 77% of it, on americans making less than $120,000 a year. so it is a middle class tax cut. a tax in
mitch mcconnell after a quick break. place. place. ♪ you want to save money on car insurance? no problem. you want to save money on rv insurance? no problem. you want to save money on motorcycle insurance? no problem. you want to find a place to park all these things? fuggedaboud it. this is new york. hey little guy, wake up! aw, come off it mate! geico. saving people money on more than just car insurance. >> chris: we want to get the gop view of this week's big >> chris: we want...
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joining me is senate republican leader mitch mcconnell, and few people in washington with a larger stake in seeing that mitt romney does well, than you do, because you want to go from the minority leader in the senate to majority, and how do you think he is doing? >> well, the race is very, very close. i i mean the best evidence is a tracking gallup poll who has it consistently close that the people are unhappy with the economy and they know that mitt romney is a job creator and he has a great chance of being elected. >> but his campaign has come unfear fire from the republicans as not being ready for prime time as we said and he needs a steady sort of more national hand in this. do you have any complaints first of all about how they handled this whole supreme court tax issue, which is a major issue for you all? >> well, the better use of my time is to criticize the guys we are running against. i ooh em not here the critique the romney campaign. the president has a very, very poor record and that is why he does not want to talk about it. take friday's job figure for example and go back t
joining me is senate republican leader mitch mcconnell, and few people in washington with a larger stake in seeing that mitt romney does well, than you do, because you want to go from the minority leader in the senate to majority, and how do you think he is doing? >> well, the race is very, very close. i i mean the best evidence is a tracking gallup poll who has it consistently close that the people are unhappy with the economy and they know that mitt romney is a job creator and he has a...
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you know, we're back to "alice in wonderland" very quickly, because mitch mcconnell himself said, this is meaningless, it's just procedural, the house isn't going to talk it up. we know that's true. but there was a tiny sliver of light there. and i think when you couple that with your points about patty murray's strategy, which is one that i very much endorse -- i don't love it, but i endorse it. i think it's the right way to go. maybe there's some light on the other side of this cliff, if you'll excuse the metaphors. >> and jared, i just want to clarify the technical point of what was actually voted on today. because i've kind of lazily described it as a vote for a tax increase. but, technically, technically, where we are now in law, it's different. since the law is currently written that on january 1st, all tax rates will go up, what the democrats actually voted for today was a tax reduction for all -- starting on january 1st, for all of the rates below the top tax rates. and they simply did not vote for a tax reduction on the top rates. and so claire mccaskill and some of the democr
you know, we're back to "alice in wonderland" very quickly, because mitch mcconnell himself said, this is meaningless, it's just procedural, the house isn't going to talk it up. we know that's true. but there was a tiny sliver of light there. and i think when you couple that with your points about patty murray's strategy, which is one that i very much endorse -- i don't love it, but i endorse it. i think it's the right way to go. maybe there's some light on the other side of this...
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this is coming at a time when mitch mcconnell and john boehner are doing delicate dances with their caucus. they are in danger. the leadership issues are endangered. john boehner had has to tread a very careful line. the rhetoric around this event is very much an effort to show, hey guys, i'm still with you. and he's speaking to the most radical elements of the house caucus. >> barbara boxer, i think framed this in an interesting way on the daily rundown this morning with chuck todd. let's listen to that. >> they're setting up a big fight, mcconnell and boehner over the future debt ceiling, making it a crisis, when it isn't a crisis. they want to create a crisis so people say oh my goodness. maybe if we change everything, things will be better. maybe we need a different president. richard wolffe, that's the best theory i've heard so far about why they might want to create the sensation of a crisis. >> yeah, it ties in with what karl rove is spending $25 million on right now, which is to say, you know, this president promised us a lot. he promised he could make the country work and make was
this is coming at a time when mitch mcconnell and john boehner are doing delicate dances with their caucus. they are in danger. the leadership issues are endangered. john boehner had has to tread a very careful line. the rhetoric around this event is very much an effort to show, hey guys, i'm still with you. and he's speaking to the most radical elements of the house caucus. >> barbara boxer, i think framed this in an interesting way on the daily rundown this morning with chuck todd....
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there's a couple of that pr nati able to raise against mitch mcconnell. mcconnell'sring anytdon't make me dhave to deal whouse. what i also found interesting is o is republican, head of the cam committee, he had ars much t abo the election than mitchá wn whate said tonight. idential race and a number of key senate races we the republican mean that is -- that is as mike murphy referred t mathematic the of9q the>> well chuck, you naive on my part. if is worried s own)e skin? >> whocu to challen from probabr! added to his ranks with ted that is would be part of ot clearte on thatnk it's going to be interesting togs that frankly i was critical with him during the first year first leadership. we would mar and find five or six on his ow opening therst sixyear. i'm no spe there after the first sixs they're going to be ine why did they lose is it't will the presrb coaliti the republican ck with 54. he needs only s i think there's six or seven republicans out there. koshcorcoran, the tennessee guy, a the second term president does. >> i think it's progress thatty
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it's what mitch mcconnell sed it was to make president obama a one-term president. i'm joined by colorado state representative sal pace who was running against scott tipton. great to have you with us. appreciate your time. do you think congress and tipton's campaign manager slipped or was he just being honest? [ inaudible ] >> we must have an audio problem. i'm not hearing what you're saying. maybe we can connect it again and try it one more time. we are trying to connect with you. sal pace is running for that seat against tipton. this is one of the themes that the republicans have been talking about for long time is that they are doing everything they can to hurt the economy by not working on anything when it comes to jobs in the economy. they've obstructed at a record pace and they go right back home and blame it all on president obama. now tipton's fund-raiser and guy that works in his campaign goes out and makes a comment to a newspaper guy saying, look, all this bad stuff is taking place and this is exactly what we want. let's go back to sal pace. i believe we
it's what mitch mcconnell sed it was to make president obama a one-term president. i'm joined by colorado state representative sal pace who was running against scott tipton. great to have you with us. appreciate your time. do you think congress and tipton's campaign manager slipped or was he just being honest? [ inaudible ] >> we must have an audio problem. i'm not hearing what you're saying. maybe we can connect it again and try it one more time. we are trying to connect with you. sal...
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there's mcconnell to remind you it was all just posturing. thank you, mitch mcconnell. meanwhile, what was happening in the house today? >> i would ask the gentleman from virginia if he would be willing -- or let me rephrase that, he would not object to a unanimous consent in the house to correct a typographical error made. >> madam chairman, this member will reserve the right to object at the appropriate time. >> reclaiming my time -- >> gentleman from california. >> nothing could be more insincere than to pick on professional staff on a typographical error. >> well, you just saw house democrats and house republicans fighting over whether a typo, a typo in a bill could be fixed or not. i wish i was kidding. i am not kidding. so that was congress today. the senate voted on a pair of totally meaningless bills. the house fought about a typo. if any of this comes s as a surprise to you, you probably have not been paying close attention. this is not just a bad congress or even a pretty bad congress. i think the case can, should, and probably must be made that this is one of
there's mcconnell to remind you it was all just posturing. thank you, mitch mcconnell. meanwhile, what was happening in the house today? >> i would ask the gentleman from virginia if he would be willing -- or let me rephrase that, he would not object to a unanimous consent in the house to correct a typographical error made. >> madam chairman, this member will reserve the right to object at the appropriate time. >> reclaiming my time -- >> gentleman from california....
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i think mitch mcconnell and wonders what to think about this. >> i think they hope it goes away again instead of getting pressures for an answer on it. jonathan, thank you for being with us. >> thank you so much, rachel. >> all right. gun owners, are you a gun owner? has president obama come to dwrur house to personally pry your firearms out of your fingers yet? the late ers on the right wing conspiracy series that is now the operational lodge logic on one-half of the partisan divide in our great country and the efforts to make you believe it. that's next. ...and zero gravity seats? yeah, that would be cool. ♪ introducing the completely reimagined nissan altima. it's our most innovative altima ever. nissan. innovation that excites. ♪ laces? really? slip-on's the way to go. more people do that, security would be like -- there's no charge for the bag. thanks. i know a quiet little place where we can get some work done. there's a three-prong plug. i have club passes. [ male announcer ] get the mileage card with special perks on united, like a free checked bag, united club passes, and
i think mitch mcconnell and wonders what to think about this. >> i think they hope it goes away again instead of getting pressures for an answer on it. jonathan, thank you for being with us. >> thank you so much, rachel. >> all right. gun owners, are you a gun owner? has president obama come to dwrur house to personally pry your firearms out of your fingers yet? the late ers on the right wing conspiracy series that is now the operational lodge logic on one-half of the partisan...
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the plain and simple thing is it is in mitch mcconnell's interest to gum up the works. he does better politically if it doesn't improve. >> sure, it's one thing, delivered obstruction is another. the argument from the president and democrats in congress is look, both sides agree on extending the bush tax cuts, so why won't mitch mcconnell and his buddies agree on that part of it now. >> it would be except they know if they let that happen now, they're never going to get that tax cut through for the over 2%. the wealthiest americans, because if you attach it on to that, to everybody else's tax, we're keeping everybody's taxes low, but can you imagine them, try to do this one in october. a special tax cut for the 2% of the wealthiest americans. they want to get that in any way they can and do not want to let this get through any way. they'd rather have nothing happen. >> nothing is certainly what we're getting. you wrote an interesting column this week about how all the giants of the senate have disappeared. why are we missing that kind of leadership today? are we going s
the plain and simple thing is it is in mitch mcconnell's interest to gum up the works. he does better politically if it doesn't improve. >> sure, it's one thing, delivered obstruction is another. the argument from the president and democrats in congress is look, both sides agree on extending the bush tax cuts, so why won't mitch mcconnell and his buddies agree on that part of it now. >> it would be except they know if they let that happen now, they're never going to get that tax cut...
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where mitch mcconnell is. to say we should make access easier but not guaranteed. that's the position the republican party has pretty much had throughout its history and they don't seem to pay much of a price for it. i'm not sure given the current law's unpopular, this is the election where they'll feel on this defensive to take that position. they have some policies that mitt romney supports that are some of which are in paul ryan's budget that would extend health care in theory to more people. >> but nothing comprehensive. >> and not very easy to explain. >> understood. thank you so much. >>> coming up, you can bet the obama campaign will keep up their attacks on mitt romney's record at bain capital. both sides now admit they're working. this is high pressure, the place for politics. idide? you're not my dad ahh!! hey honey, back feels better, little dancing tonight, you and me? dr. scholl's pro inserts relieve different types of lower body pain by treating at the source so you're a whole new you. go pro with dr. scholl's. has a facebook page these days. but wher
where mitch mcconnell is. to say we should make access easier but not guaranteed. that's the position the republican party has pretty much had throughout its history and they don't seem to pay much of a price for it. i'm not sure given the current law's unpopular, this is the election where they'll feel on this defensive to take that position. they have some policies that mitt romney supports that are some of which are in paul ryan's budget that would extend health care in theory to more...
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then you have senate minority leader mitch mcconnell much less conciliatory here saying, the voters have not endorsed the failures or excesses of the president's first term. so alex, i'm going to start off with you. i'm going to put you on the hot seat. the question being, how do republicans and this administration put aside the differences and get to the serious business of governing in this country to get something done? >> how do they put it aside? pretty easily. we're headed for the edge of the cliff. and i think both sides understand that. two big problems, as you said, one is growth. and i think john boehner is right about that. but the other one is debt. and both sides are going to have to give a little bit. there's going to be a window here where the political pressure on both sides to move to the middle is going to be intense. because both sides were tasked with this responsibility. the first one to back away from the table is going to pay a huge political price. so we do have a window here to get something done. the president also has, you know, and this is not about who gives
then you have senate minority leader mitch mcconnell much less conciliatory here saying, the voters have not endorsed the failures or excesses of the president's first term. so alex, i'm going to start off with you. i'm going to put you on the hot seat. the question being, how do republicans and this administration put aside the differences and get to the serious business of governing in this country to get something done? >> how do they put it aside? pretty easily. we're headed for the...
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mitch mcconnell it's for you! >> stephanie: yesterday he said the voters have not endorsed the failures of the first term. >> they kind of like what he was doing. >> stephanie: they've given him more time to finish the job they asked him to do together with a balanced congress. >> stephanie: the one you've been so helpful with. the way you've been so helpful and bipartisan all along? oh really? whatever. get back in your terrarium. let's go to -- >> he's just upset he didn't get control of the senate. >> stephanie: yeah, i know. michael in sarasota, you're on "the stephanie miller show." hi michael. >> caller: how are you, my love? >> stephanie: i'm fine. >> caller: you and your merry band of elves have made my absolute life just a joy! >> stephanie: oh, thank you, honey. >> caller: darling, the french -- i have a story about your dad but before i get to that -- >> stephanie: what? >> caller: hang on a moment. the french may have given us that beautiful lady in new york harbor with that gorgeous torch beaming acro
mitch mcconnell it's for you! >> stephanie: yesterday he said the voters have not endorsed the failures of the first term. >> they kind of like what he was doing. >> stephanie: they've given him more time to finish the job they asked him to do together with a balanced congress. >> stephanie: the one you've been so helpful with. the way you've been so helpful and bipartisan all along? oh really? whatever. get back in your terrarium. let's go to -- >> he's just upset...
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i want to go back to what speaker boehner said -- any deranged person -- >> that was mcconnell. >> mitch mcconnell -- "any deranged person can get a weapon and do something like that." person is to arrange to has a knife -- is deranged and has a knife, how many people would they be able to kill? the weapon makes a difference. >> come to me in west virginia and talk to some of these guys, women out there pinetree the -- women out there. they hunt to eat. >> but not with assault weapons. >> and they don't need 100-round clips or tear gas. >> they say it is a slippery slope. you take away that assault weapon and the next step is my -- >> the day comes when a bunch of tourists come over here having what it much of this -- terrorists come over here having much of this stuff and no doubt everybody in a shopping center, what we say that? >> every time in our rich like this happens, the first thing is to talk about guns, then nothing happens on guns. but there is another aspect of this, which is, why somebody like him is out on the street. we don't know this guy's history, but we knew it jared g
i want to go back to what speaker boehner said -- any deranged person -- >> that was mcconnell. >> mitch mcconnell -- "any deranged person can get a weapon and do something like that." person is to arrange to has a knife -- is deranged and has a knife, how many people would they be able to kill? the weapon makes a difference. >> come to me in west virginia and talk to some of these guys, women out there pinetree the -- women out there. they hunt to eat. >> but...
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first of all i disagree with the economics behind what mitch mcconnell is saying. on the politics we could go through list after list of things the democrats have tried to do to get the economy working again that the republicans have blocked. there is clearly a difference of opinion about what it's going to take to create growth. the democrats are correct and the republicans are wrong. >> juan: okay, it doesn't matter what mitch mcconnell said the fact is republicans are obstructing jobs bill proposal. job creation coming from this democratic president. and they seem content to go home before the election because, guess what? they will say the economy is still struggling and then they will will will blame it on obama. >> they have a list of proposals that's been made in great detail. they will stimulate the economy in their view. part of the problem we have here is that we don't really know what will stimulate the economy. we do know we need a stronger defense. we face extremely big defense problems in various areas of the world. we dehave a great many very intelli
first of all i disagree with the economics behind what mitch mcconnell is saying. on the politics we could go through list after list of things the democrats have tried to do to get the economy working again that the republicans have blocked. there is clearly a difference of opinion about what it's going to take to create growth. the democrats are correct and the republicans are wrong. >> juan: okay, it doesn't matter what mitch mcconnell said the fact is republicans are obstructing jobs...
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doesn't speak for mitch mcconnell. and they don't support the things he was saying about rape and so forth. >> we've invited him to join us in the next two hours. see if he makes a call. if he wants to join us, he's more than welcome. get his last words before the 6:00 p.m. eastern deadline. thanks very much. we'll standby for breaking news. if it happens on that front. meanwhile, abortion is now center stage in the battle for the white house. only a week before the start -- less than a week i should say before the start of the republican convention republicans have just approved a tough new platform against the politically charged issue. and there are concerns there could be some fallout for mitt romney. let's get the latest. our cnn political reporter, peter hamby first broke the story of the abortion platform stance. what is the latest on this sensitive subject, pete? >> reporter: you're right, wolf. the it's the only story coming out of tampa today. basically what's happening just a few feet from me is the republic
doesn't speak for mitch mcconnell. and they don't support the things he was saying about rape and so forth. >> we've invited him to join us in the next two hours. see if he makes a call. if he wants to join us, he's more than welcome. get his last words before the 6:00 p.m. eastern deadline. thanks very much. we'll standby for breaking news. if it happens on that front. meanwhile, abortion is now center stage in the battle for the white house. only a week before the start -- less than a...
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. >>> coming up, mitch mcconnell puts romney on the spot. romney won't give away any specifics on any job plans, on any plans he has, actually. bob said he will follow the same strategy as another presidential hopeful. >>> and a catholic group of catholic nuns is speaking out against the gop budget plan and they're taking their message on the road. i'll talk with the organizer with the nuns on the bus later in the hour. share your thoughts on twitter using the hash tag edshow. we're coming right back. [ male announcer ] wouldn't it be cool if we took the nissan altima and reimagined nearly everything in it? gave it greater horsepower and best in class 38 mpg highway... ...advanced headlights... ...and zero gravity seats? yeah, that would be cool. ♪ introducing the completely reimagined nissan altima. it's our most innovative altima ever. nissan. innovation that excites. ♪ [ slap! ] [ slap! slap! slap! ] [ male announcer ] your favorite foods fighting you? fight back fast with tums. calcium rich tums goes to work in seconds. nothing works
. >>> coming up, mitch mcconnell puts romney on the spot. romney won't give away any specifics on any job plans, on any plans he has, actually. bob said he will follow the same strategy as another presidential hopeful. >>> and a catholic group of catholic nuns is speaking out against the gop budget plan and they're taking their message on the road. i'll talk with the organizer with the nuns on the bus later in the hour. share your thoughts on twitter using the hash tag edshow....
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senator mitch mcconnell said today akin made a deeply offensive error and said sorry is not sufficient. national republican committee chair rich priebus called the comments biologically stupid. and maine senator olympia snowe said akin's comments were repugnant and outland i shall. karl rove's crossroads gps pac announced it would pull millions of dollars in funding for akin telling cbs news that the act speaks for itself. and there were many other republican voices who are now calling for akin to get out. the reason -- well, this isn't really just about todd akin. it is about these guys. mitt romney and paul ryan who share extreme abortion views with congressman akin. ryan and akin co-sponsored legislation that limited what could be considered rape. the no-taxpayer funding for abortion ad said public funding could only be used for, quote, forcible rape. and ryan also co-sponsored a bill in a would force a woman to receive a forced ultrasound before having an abortion. akin was with them on that one, too. and together, again, akin and ryan were co-sponsors of a -- amendment that would
senator mitch mcconnell said today akin made a deeply offensive error and said sorry is not sufficient. national republican committee chair rich priebus called the comments biologically stupid. and maine senator olympia snowe said akin's comments were repugnant and outland i shall. karl rove's crossroads gps pac announced it would pull millions of dollars in funding for akin telling cbs news that the act speaks for itself. and there were many other republican voices who are now calling for akin...
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that's what mitch mcconnell is doing. >> no doubt. howard dean, always, great to have you with us on "the ed show." >> thank you. >> there's a lot more coming up in the next half hour. stay tuned. >> it is the right thing to do. excuse me, sir. it's not time for questions, sir. >> a conservative activist shouts down the president. and now one veteran journalist admits some righties just can't stand having a black president. the big panel weighs in next. >>> michigan democrats fight back after being silenced for saying the world vagina. we'll go live to lansing, michigan, for a special edition of "the vagina monologues." >>> and mitt romney has no idea what a doughnut looks like. >> you could see one of the chocolate -- goodies find its way to us. >> and he's never been to a wawa. >> where do you get your hoagies here, at wawa's? >> we'll bring you mitt romney's latest out of touch moment. >>> it is the right thing to do. excuse me, sir. it's not time for questions, sir. not while i'm speaking. >> welcome back to "the ed show." but you
that's what mitch mcconnell is doing. >> no doubt. howard dean, always, great to have you with us on "the ed show." >> thank you. >> there's a lot more coming up in the next half hour. stay tuned. >> it is the right thing to do. excuse me, sir. it's not time for questions, sir. >> a conservative activist shouts down the president. and now one veteran journalist admits some righties just can't stand having a black president. the big panel weighs in next....
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mcconnell on the senate floor earlier today. essentially here's what we have. a senate plan that would keep student interest rate loans where they are but would pay for it by raising taxes something that the republicans say they won't go along with. then the house plan would take the money from the president's hearth law the house and senate out next week the house will be voting on its plan on friday and the debate continues. >>> meanwhile in the house of representatives today by a voice vote approving what is called the digital accountability and transparency act that would increase transparency on federal agency spending and its aimed squarely at what happened with gsa and some of the spending at those conferences in las vegas totalling in excess of $800,000. the sponsor of the bill is darrell issa. he spoke on the house floor. >> the american people have a right to know that taxpayer dollars are well spent. we have a responsibility to stay up with the times as government has grown, waste, fraud and abuse and mismanagement ha
mcconnell on the senate floor earlier today. essentially here's what we have. a senate plan that would keep student interest rate loans where they are but would pay for it by raising taxes something that the republicans say they won't go along with. then the house plan would take the money from the president's hearth law the house and senate out next week the house will be voting on its plan on friday and the debate continues. >>> meanwhile in the house of representatives today by a...
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do you think you'll support mitch mcconnell? >> i've already let him know that i'mdy gusted by everything that's going on and he's going to have to earn my vote. >> reporter: disgusted by what? >> the grid lock. total grid lock down there. >> reporter: but as warren reminds voters, this race is about more than scott brown. >> people all around the country understand that this race may be for control of the united states senate. >> reporter: in fact, democrats believe if they can defeat scott brown, they are virtually guaranteed to keep control of the senate. and, diane, they're probably right. >> and from capitol hill tonight, jonathan karl, thank you, jon. >>> and, there was news today about something american families trust to keep their children safe. school buses. a new investigation by our affiliate, wmar in baltimore. it shows school buses caught on tape, gunning it through red lights. abc's senior national correspondent jim avila has more. >> hug and kiss. >> reporter: parents trust them with precious lives. >> our bus dr
do you think you'll support mitch mcconnell? >> i've already let him know that i'mdy gusted by everything that's going on and he's going to have to earn my vote. >> reporter: disgusted by what? >> the grid lock. total grid lock down there. >> reporter: but as warren reminds voters, this race is about more than scott brown. >> people all around the country understand that this race may be for control of the united states senate. >> reporter: in fact, democrats...